Improved machine foe separating tinned and galvanized articles of metal



. H. E. FOWLER. MACHINE FOR SEPARATING TINNED AND GALVANIZED ARTICLES OPMETAL.

No. 68,357. Patented Sept. 3, 1867.

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HERBERT E. FOWLER. OF -WOLCOTTVILLE, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 68,357, dated September 3. 1867.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR SEPABATING TINNBD AND GALVANIZED ARTICLES 0FMETA'L.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN;

' Be it known that I, HERBERT E. FowLEn, of Wolcottville, in the countyof Litchfield, and State of Connecticut,- have invented, made, andapplied to use a certain new and useful Improvement in Separating Tinnedor Galvanized Articlcsof Metal; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, referencebeing bad to the annexed drawing, tucking part of this specification,wherein- Figure 1 is a vertical section of my machine for separatingtinned or galvanized articles of metal, and Figure 2 is a plan of thesame. i The same parts are indicated by corresponding letters. Afterarticlcspsuch as buckles, pins, &c., have been dipped in incl-tedcoating-metal, or coated by a small quantity of the coating-metalintroduced in a heated and agitated vessel, the said articdes have to'beseparatedbefore the coating-metal cools, or said articles would becomepermanently connected together. Herctoi'ore, this separation has beeneflected by'a reciprocating riddle or shaker, or by revolving pins, butwith such articles as buckle-tongues and frames the parts are apt tointerlock and not separate, or else to .clog upon the riddles or pins.

The nature of mysaid invention consists in a vibrating separator incombination with a hopper and case, said vibrating separator beingformed as a swinging plate, flanged at the upper end, below the openingof the supply hopper, so as to sustain the articles to be separated, butpass them' down gradually from the hopper, and by concussion cause thedifi'er'ent pieces to separate and fall into water to cool them.

In the drawing, a is a case, of suitable material, formedliopper-shape'at the bottom, and receiving across it the axis 6 of thevibrating separator plate 0. d is a shaft, rotated rapidly by competentpower, and provided with aprank-pin, e, and connecting-rod, f, to thearm of the axis 6, so that theseparator c is swung or vibrated withsuficient speed. 9 is a hopper, with an opening under which the upperend of the separator c vibrates, and saidupper end of c is flanged ormade wider, so that the articles to be separated rest upon this upperend of thesaid separator and shake off the edge of the same, and,falling down, are knockedby the sides of said separator against thesides of the case, and rebounding, may be knocked several. times, sothat .no two pieces r'omain together, and they finally fall away into atub of water placed below the apparatus. The articles to be separatedare rcprosented by red lines as passing into' the apparatus from thesupply hopper g.

This improvemont'is especially adapted to the scparationot'buckle-tongues and bows, but may be used advantageously in theseparation of pins, nails, and other small articles of metal, after theyhave been tinned or galvanized in any known manner.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The vibrating separator, fitted substantially as specified, incombination with the supply hopper, as and for he purposes set forth.

In witness whereof 'I have hereunto set my signature this first day ofFebruary, A. D. 1867.

H. E.- FOWLER.

witnesses:

H. S. Bansovn, Msnwm Fownsa.

